Create a static web site from a Script by applying transformation

[leonardo_celati]

One of the feature I am missing from old Alfresco, it's not the AVM itself but its ability to create a static web site, from WCM Web Form.

However I found out I can easily replicate this behaviour with script and transformation services.

I built a Script which reads every node on a specific folder and apply an ftl to each of them. In the end I have a nice static html site, ready to be transferred with FSTR.

Altough it's working (currently there are nearly 60 nodes), I wonder if in terms of performance and Alfresco way of working (and Java garbage issue) the Script is the correct way to deal with this, or if a Java Backed Script is rather to be preferred.

[romschn]

I can think of business rule in this scenario. You should set up a business rule on your folder to execute the script to apply ftl on incoming node and also anytime a node is updated. This way you will not have to scan through all the nodes in one go. Instead it is applying fti on a node as soon as it is added/updated to the folder.

Hope this helps.

[leonardo_celati]

Thanks for your reply.

Transforming the nodes one by one at once by means of Script, results in CPU hanging at 99% due to lot of Java Garbage Collection going on.

So I suppose the Script is not the correct way to go. Having said that, the idea of transforming a node once published is quite nice.

However I already have in place a Web Quick Start Web site, and seems that the publishing content workflow doesn't trigger the "on any created/deleted document" rule applied on Publishing folder, there's a specific question by me on the Web Content Services section. If you would like to give a comment…